Pass it on: Qin Siyu is Lin Yu's illegitimate daughter
Although the arrival of the Security Bureau was indeed urgent, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot was not a new "Fairy Queen," and she was able to handle this level of crisis with ease.
Soon, with her Raccoon fleet, she landed on a shallow beach in the underground water system.
This place is some distance from the underground area of City That Never Sleeps; it's already considered part of the underground part of the Great Wilderness.
The Raccoon began carrying the parts ashore, ascending along a natural tunnel that soon merged into an abandoned mine tunnel.
Mixed in with the Raccoon, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot began explaining things to Lin Yu.
"This is an abandoned Mining District of Divine Power Group. Because all the valuable materials inside were mined out forty years ago, the mining equipment and personnel have been gradually withdrawn, leaving only some mine tunnels and old Warehouse and factories."
"Because this place is three hours away from the nearest outpost in the Great Wilderness, there would be no Enlai here if it were abandoned. So I converted this place into my secret base and Warehouse, just in case."
"Hmph, at first I just thought it was cool to have a Secret Base in the Great Wilderness, I never thought it would actually be used."
"Secret Base are indeed a necessity."
Nightless Sky Fire Apricot spoke, she looked extremely smug.
Then, she jumped onto a huge Mine Cart on the mine tracks and started cranking the lever.
The Mine Cart began to move slowly, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot waved to Lin Yu and his [Summoned Creature].
"Get on the bus! Get on the bus!"
Lin Yu grabbed Old Zheng and jumped onto the Mine Cart, Qin Siyu followed closely behind using her lightness skill, and Stiller also took a running start and flipped onto the cart.
Soon, the Mine Cart reached the surface section—the mine tracks had clearly been modified by Nightless Sky Fire Apricot. The Mine Cart twisted and turned along the tracks, finally arriving at a very spacious warehouse.
Inside the warehouse, the Raccoon had already reassembled most of the large-scale Alchemical Equipment, and the medium and small-sized equipment had also been neatly arranged.
While the other large pieces of equipment are only half-assembled at their fastest pace, the operating terminal has already been assembled.
After making some adjustments, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot went over and spoke cheerfully.
"Aha... the email function is still working properly, let's write a letter to Mr. Candle!"
She temporarily put the matter of being reported out of her mind and focused on writing the email.
"The Fairy Queen replied to Mr. Candle: Hello, Mr. Candle, as you can see, I am the Fairy Queen. I have already moved the flaw left by Dark Rock, you're welcome. I hope we can have a face-to-face meeting."
Then, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot pressed the send button.
The email was instantly uploaded and converted into Alchemical Resonance Signal, which was then transmitted to another receiving terminal.
Nightless Sky Fire Apricot crossed her arms behind her head. "Very good, now we just need to wait for Mr. Candle's reply... I think he shouldn't refuse to meet with us, so now we can start setting up the Venue."
"Let's choose this place for the meeting—after all, his true identity is Omia Bosen. The previous investigation into me might make him suspect that I have connections with Royal Nobles, so choosing the Great Wilderness as the meeting place will probably put his mind at ease."
"I'll still play the role of the corpse I'm controlling... Arthur himself and his two doubles, you'll pretend to be backup corpses who aren't being controlled by me. Find a frame and lie down on it!"
Huo Xing enthusiastically assigned tasks at Nevernight Sky.
Lin Yu nodded in agreement.
"No problem, it's just pretending to be a corpse, I'm pretty good at that."
Lin Yu had no objections, and Old Zheng and Stiller naturally followed orders.
Only Qin Siyu spoke up, asking, "Eh? What about me? What should I do?"
"Don't I need to pretend to be a corpse?"
Nightless Sky Fire Apricot waved her hand dismissively. "Of course not—you play me, the 'Fairy Queen,' the one who 'manipulates corpses'!"
As she spoke, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot pinched Qin Siyu's cheek.
"Honestly, I'd actually be pretty thrilled if someone mistook such a stunningly beautiful face for the real 'Fairy Queen'."
Lin Yu looked at Qin Siyu, already prepared for this female Thief to say something surprising again, but to his surprise, Qin Siyu stood there speechless for a long time.
After a long while, she touched her face.
"I'm not stunningly beautiful, I'm just moderately pretty..."
Nightless Sky Fire Apricot said with a grin, "Then I'll leave it to you... I'll explain the essentials of playing the 'Fairy Queen' to you."
Qin Siyu looked at the Nightless Sky Fire Apricot, shook her head, and then spoke again, "Huh, what's the difference between you and the Fairy Queen? Wouldn't it be enough for me to play you?"
Qin Siyu also put on a smile and waved her hand with a lively look in her eyes.
Nightless Sky Fire Apricot, paused for a moment upon hearing Qin Siyu's words and seeing her Microexpressions.
Although their appearances are completely different, their faces are still Qin Siyu's faces...
But at this moment, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot could sense that Qin Siyu seemed like a completely different person.
Both her demeanor and the way she spoke were somewhat...
It's like myself.
While it's not a 100% accurate recreation—if I had to say it's only about 70-80% similar— Nightless Sky Fire Apricot could still sense...
The similarities seem to lie in some of their core "qualities"!
She looked at Lin Yu in surprise.
"Could this be your daughter?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Yu was caught off guard and rubbed his forehead.
"She didn't say anything sarcastic this time, so why are you making up for it now!"
Meanwhile, in the Inner City of the City That Never Sleeps.
On the top floor of the Divine Power Group, Xiao Nian removed the last alarm at the top Ventilation Duct inlet.
"Clang!"
With a crisp sound, the iron railing of the pipe fell to the ground on the Rooftop, revealing the dark entrance to the Ventilation Duct.
Seeing this, Good Night sighed.
"Xi Ba... do we have to go through the Ventilation Duct to get in? This is giving me a Mission Impossible -Xi Ba feeling! It's so cool!"
Xiao Nian wiped the alchemical powder off his hands and said, "This is also an inspiration I got from 'Schreiber' and that girl from the Nightless Sky Family —they could hack into the Headquarters of the Universal Trade Association and go through the pipes, so of course we can try the pipes of the Divine Power Tower too."
"Anyway... please be careful when you go down there, Captain Good Night."
Hearing Xiao Nian's words, Good Night was somewhat surprised. He pointed to himself and said, "Eh? Xi Ba... it was me?"
Xiao Nian looked at Good Night, revealing an even more surprised expression than Good Night.
"Uh, what else?"